Outlook: First-year head coach Mark Short inherits a loaded team. The Panthers went 18-6 last year, and return a veteran nucleus. Little Miami will be led by first-team Enquirer All-Star Courtney Balser (17.0 points, 11.2 rebounds), the only player in school history to reach 1,000 career points as a junior, and Ashley Richardson (8.0, 8.3).